The Sun. — London, England, 1826-09-13 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS; A rumour of Lord Amherst's recall from India comes into circulation rather oddly, at the moment when his Lordship has terminated, in a manner, say the friends of Government, "so triumphant," that unhappy war, the ambiguous cause of which, its alarming events, and incal culable issue, had furnished the chief arguments for a dis trust of the Governor-General, and given countenance to the former anticipations of his dismissal from office. It seems a curious policy to retain a public officer so long es his trust was Apparently compromised, and to send him about his business the minute it was known to.be released. There is one supposition on wind; Mr. Canning, as the friend of the Governor-General, might select this period for his retirement from the Company s service. He might have said, 0 While the terror of the contlict is uncertain, and the animadversions upon Lord Amherst both general mad premature, I will not consent that my protege shall run away from India; but wait until this affair shall be decided ; then, if the result shall prove him to have erred, he will not All a victim to injustice. If, on the other hand he subceeds in his policy, I. still wish my noble friend to come home, that he may enjoy a well earned triumph." What truth there may be in the supposition that a certain noble Marquis has been already named as successor to Lord Amherst, we cannot take upon us to decide. Is it to economize the public money that his Lordship has been wanted? A former noble Marquis, not long since returned, was said to have had, his peace and patronage exhausted, by a long train of de pendents, male and female, annually consigned to Calcutta during his Government, to feed on the rich pastures of the Last. The Company ought, if possible; to check this practice, by stipulating against it, while the reins are in their power ; that is, before " His Excellency" has set his foot on board ship. Needy men, unless when closely watched, are apt to prove expensive servants.—Times. The answer of Mr;liuskisson to the manufacturers of Bolton, praying for a law to: enforce an equalization of journeymen's wages in the Cotton manufatture, will be found, with some additional correspondence on the sub ject, in a succeeding 'column. 'ln expressing, a few days ago, our own sentiments on this erroneous project of the weavers, we felt no little shame at being called upon to argue ie inexpediency of meddling with the wages of labour, fifty leers at least after the radium* of the ques tion had been settled by the first writers of the day, and after the mind of every practicarstatesman bad formed the same conclusion as the folly of such an interference. Mr. Huskisson's reply to the manufacturers is distinguished by his usual good sense. 7 The Right Hon. Gentle Man tells the petitioners, that even were it possible (which if de cidedly is not) to establish a minimum of wages against the British manufacturer, it would. be obviously impracti cable to force the same restraint upon the master maiM facturers of other countries; the consequence of. which must be an overwhelming advantage to foreigners in the .general market, and it necestiary dismissal from work of great numbers of English journeymen. The fact, how ever, is, that a reduction of wages cannot be prevented by any law—beeause we cannot by an act of mere voli tion prevent a reduction of price to that point at which our goods can enter into ageneral competition with those of other countries. In order to secure for themselves high %vageS, our working class must prevail upon Parlia ment to re=enact in full vigour the prohibitory laws, thereby uhuiting out all foreign rivalship- r but shutting in, at the same time; all domestic articles, and creating a larger price of labour by such a , limitation of the market to home consumption, as would throw out of bread and re duce to the purist half or two-thirds of the cotton la bourers now in employment throughout England. No attempt indeed of the kind now proposed can ever be sac (medial; but if it could, the effect would be to check the improvement of mechanical sciatica hare, and to transfer it, with the commercial profits and manufacturing ascen dancy which spring from it, to other quarters where the Government, may be less disposed to trifle with trauma.- tions which tourialt only when they are free.—lbid. A Rev. Doctor, remarkable for his suavity of man ners, finely situated in a country parish not 100 miles from George Buchanan'a monument, was one Sunday, very lately, exhorting his beloved flock, and describing in the strongest and most glowing terms the happiness of Heaven. He said he could compare it td nothing but the blessings of matrimony, and the pleasures of , the happy fireside, graced by a lovely, loving, and duti ful wife. He took oceasio»from this, to descant on the duty of young men mart7ing soon, and relieving the dreariness of their situations by a young and hand some bride. , He said, that though they possessed all the wealth in the world, and, were masters of all the yens in the East Indies, and all the jewels of the W o . ..st Indies, yet, if they were not married,' they still wanted the most valuable gem of all, an agreeable wife. He said, that there was a popular song at present, called, Home, sweet home, which he had often admired for its touching simplicity and exquisite pathos. It was so appropriate to the, subject, as describing so well the happiness of donostie enjoytnent, and, by analogy and aeticipation, the happiness of Heaven, that, al- . though he could not sing it to them, yet lie would take the liberty of repeating a verse or two of it, for the benefit of the younger part of his hearers. Accord ingly, he began, and actually repeated the following Mid pleasures aull palaces tho' we may roam, Be it ever so bumble, there's no place like home ; A charm from thisskies seem to hallow us there. Which search through' the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere. Home, home, sweet sweet home ! There's no place like borne! There's no place like hotne Glasgow Journal.. Quere. Is not the Rev. Ddetor a bachelor ? If so, his ideas of matrimony must be as correct as a blind man's ideas of inghland scenery. RECORDErtSIIII, OP BillSTOL—Thie situa tion was hold by the late Lord Gifford. A Lo»don paper having fu. + ated that the emoluments amounted to 2,000/. per annunt, the Bristol Journal of Saturday last has the following' statement upon the subject : " The gratuity, we arc' credibly informed, is ;WO guineaa for the gaol delivery, which takes place only once in the year, a present of it pipe of port and a hogshead of Madeira wine, and free quarters at the Mansion-house during his stay in the city. The si tuation being now vacant, we cannot omit the oppor tunity of reminding the Worshipful Body, the Alder men of our city, who appoint his successor, of a me morial, with nearly SOO signatures affixed to it of the m ost respectable of tlteirfollow-eitiz ena , presente d to them more than a twelvemonth since, but to which they have deigned no reply, requesting them to use their en deavours to procure for the city two gaol aeliveri em , an d two Nisi Prms Courts, in the course of th„, year. It surely might, with much propriety, be now stipulated with the new Recorder, that he should hold two gaol' deliveries of the importance and humanity the alteration no one can doubt ; nor leave we heard , nor can we conceive, one valid objection . that can be urged against such an improvement in ouremulate) jurisdiction. CORONER'S INQumsT.---On Wednesday last, an Inquest was held on the body of John Scott, who Was killed 1 . ; t, Y an explosion of hydrogen gar, a t H i g h Ifeworth Main Coal P i t, in the minty of Durham. After a minute investigation of the facts, the Jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death. On Monday evening MI Inquest was held befo re .E 411., at the Triumph tt lutriot, in gclubroke Mews, Vpper Groorenor Place, le of t wpwien fruit% aged 13, who di e d in Attmostquet g e cifkld,—Verdict, 4 . c . eickatai Doti/ "'")"' ‘ ;"•5 • A, • •, ' , ALPINE IiAIIITATION. The following curious description of a'winter habitation in the, Alps, is taken from,a new bizarrie, rambling, but in many respects clever wcirk, entitled " Le Mamiserit de fee M. JeroMe,'' 'supposed to be written•by M. Franeois de Nantes; who figured in the early part of the -Frenchßevo Intion. • M. Jerome,• who is travelling in company with a • metaphysical abbe, a botanist, a' mineralogist, and a young and fashionable Parisian, taken shelter in a chalet -in the Alps, of N'shich he - draws the following picture : " The ',winter habitation, which you -are pleased to call Chalet, though it is known in the cottiennes Alps only by the name" of " Las . Strablas or l'etabla," is a parallelogram of• from four hundred' fp six htmdred feet square. This building, :which is ' open only to the south, and carefully closed up, at all the other points, is usually constructed of upright firs, stript of their bark, fixed into the earth and calked with mosses and lichens. The roof is according to the materials to be found in the country, either of boards, , 1 L," Oaten, or nag stones; and, as it has to support, during several months, the weight of a mass of snow of fifteen, or twenty fc;et thickbess,' - it offers a slope or declenSion of sixty. degrees. • Between this roof and the ground-floor, is a loft Where hay, Wool,' and other articles, not liable to be ~ itoured by the frost, are kept. The groun&floor is alone inhabited; It ;spayed, anti traversed in its greatest length by a rapid mountain stream, that keeps the habitation constatiq „elem. It •is divided into compartments by partitions ,of boards or osier work breast high. 'At the lower end tire placed the cattle, according to their rank and value; each species having - a separate apartment. Their order is generally as follows ,, --horses, horned cattle, asses, mules, sheep, and goats. ~At the. other end; which' I call the uppe , from its being towards the head of the stream, y i• are thirt , or forty beds, each occupying a space of. , thirty six-feet, and separated from each .other by little passages, two feet the the women's beds are on the left rode, and those of the men on dig. opposite. The thalweg of the stream 4rais the line of demarcation ; its neutrality is always respected, and its, waters are never troubled by skirmisheii between the amazons of the left bank and the pandoursi of the right. . Immediately below this dormi tory are the workshops, furnished with looms; lathes, tools, and instrinnenti for turning wood, carding anti spinning wool, matting stockings, and weaving clothes.—There is also 'a If4ary, consisting of books of devotion, practical medicine,' veterinary science, natural and civil 'history, together Ivith some volumes of old stories. There is no spot upot, the face of the earth where reading, writing, ciphering and die elements of Latin, are better taught than heres • The snows which keep them prisoners during six montlls of the 'year,'render both masters 'and scholars patient, and accustom them to a studious mid sedentary life. Do you want to people your counting-houses, your factories, Or your public offices—do not lose your time in the plains but at the first melting of the snows, climb up to Las S rablas, and there you will find a race of faithful, 1 intehligen ,- and laborious men, writing a fine hand, and whose pees will never tire. Should you have a certain hankering after nobility, nowhere - will you find more ancient families-than amongst thii pastoral and Alpine race. Six generations of these honest folks will extend backwards five centuries; with seven or eight generations more, yoU shall be beyond the Crusades ; and if to them you add a score of forefathers, who have attained a similar age in thise mountains, you would arrive at the Creation, where yoh not stopped by ,the Deluge. The Montmo reneys and the Fezensaes may be looked upon as people. of yestertiay ; in comparison with these truly ancient stocks. But I betir you ask me, how can this noblesse; surrounded only by their cattle, get through the six winter months, without neva from, thel world below—without foreign in telligence without gazettes, museums, •or theatres, thus sequestered as they are from mankind. and buried in a kind of I'A Trappe ? You wish to know if they sing, donee, and pray, and lead any thing like a Christian • life in that s e clusion. To. which I have the honour of an swering, That they .do above there' pretty much the same that we.tio below here; they live in the midst of. beasts (hat e ily 44d are not annoyed by the circumstance, because ' the beasts they have. amongst them are useful 004 They exercise their families and make stockings, baSktiti butter, and cheese ; and all these things are better matte , . than in the, plains, because the. mountaineers have more time on their hands, and take greater trouble with them. There they are not incessantly broken in upon by idle visits, nor troubled 'with letters of imitation; they are not obliged to run the chance of being stifled at a wedding, or catching cold at a funeral. When a birth or a death takes plate in the,ctubla, the stream is near for the first ease, and in the second they have only to go outside the door to find a Pere la Chaise—everY thing may . be done Without - putting. themselVes Out . of their way. If .yr6u should be inclined to walk you may do so in the space. around the building from which the snow has been clear ed away ; and if a desire for more distant excursions should seduce you, you have only,. during a sharp north wind, to put. on a pair of large snow-shoes, and fly over the abytules covered with frozen snow; but if, during this perilous excursion, a puff from the south should coma upon you, the abyss yawns anti swallows you.—You may easily suppose then, that doting winter there is no lack of . _ _ bag-pipes; Mites, arid fifes, among shepherds who make use of them all the summer. Unlike 'Horace in his old age, they'do not hang up their lyres upon the wall—they play upon them, but only at stated intervals. They do not give balls and concerts every day; they know that trite enjoyment results from the Alternation of labour and re creation, and. that it is no more permitted to shepherds than to princes to spend their lives in listening to eternal symphonies. As to their food, it is the same for all ; an immense copper beiler fixed in the middle of the e*bla is in a state of eternal ebullition ; it contains mutton,york, the salted flesh of the chamois, cutlets of thti mountain rat, and pulse and vegetables of various kinds. From 'this en eyclopedieal nutrmeit may be procured seven or eight very succulent dishes, that stimulate the appetite by their sa voury odOur.' 'As to prayer, they' are never neglieted, neither in the morning .when rising, nor at night when lying down;, I have never seen them sit .to table nor rise up from it, without returning thanks.. These unsophisti cated people believe in God, and bless him in the simplicity of their hearts---they read t,te gospel of . the day, rest from labour on Sundays and festivals, and sing psalms. With regard to their morals, these people are unexceptionable; there is probably no, instance of libertinism to be found in the annals of the etoblas. Voluptuousness finds eternal snows a very uncongenial abode; its absence is the prin cipal cause of the health, vigour, tranquillity, and happi ness possessed by these people ; besides, they are all-con tinually in the presence of each other. Should modesty ever disappear from the plains , she will be found in the winter habitations of the Alps,"—Tediabtith Evening Courant. BLIND TRAVELLEIL-1 here i s now resident at Plymouth, a man named Philip Davies, •32 years of y age, who has been blind from the age of six ears, o_ f whom many remarkable feats are narrated.. ffe lately visited Bath, without a guide and returned to. Ply mouth, not having once gone out of his way. He had a letter to deliver to an individual in Bath, whose re sidence he discovered without any difficulty, solely from the directions given him at Plymouth. He walks the streets of Plymouth, with the utmost confidence, and has for m an y years supported himself by his trade as it basket maker. He has offered, provided he can situate in obtain sufficient patronage, to discover any house, sistanee only any town or city in England, with such as,. Possessed of the as would be required by any person who know hi confidently, powers of vision and those who accomplish the task. Th e • that he will be able to avert ' Animal principles on are true to nature, though his mode of ratiocination is which he acts peculiar to the blind. sensibility is his chief dependence; sense of touch, o and so exqu i s i te is his f hearing., and of smell, that Lbody may be said to receive impressions from the exterma world. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOWSTREET.—A case of bastardy was yesterday brought before Sir Ricsuatn Btaxtz, at the instances' of Mr. Rickardyi, assistant-oversee of St. Martin's parish. The . rank of the de fendant, and the seeming respectability of the female, caused Sir Richard Birnie, contrary to his usual practice, to intimate to the parties that he, would attend them in his private room, in order, if possible, to effect an amicable. arrangement between them, it being understood that the gentleman intended to dispute the right, of the lady and the parish officers to bestow on him the appellation of father. The worthy Magistrate, however, after being closetted nearly half an hour with the parties, was unable 'to effect an adjustment, owing to the determination with which the defendant , refused to accept of the honour intended him, and the case was then adjourned to the Oldie office. Major Alin Pr4get Sweeniy was Called upon accordingly to show cause why he shottld not maintain a female child, of which he was the reputed father, and which was now become chargeable to the parish of St. Martin. The mother of the child, Elizabeth Ireland, otherwise Mrs. Mountain, a pretty woman, fashionably attired, in a silk Opera cloak, and hat and feathers, was :then desired to take the book, which she did, with a trembling hand, and deposed, that she was delivered of a female child, on the 15th of November, 1825, at Villiers -street, Strand, and that Major John Paget Sweeney now preaent, and to whom she pointed, was the father. She had been, she said, acquainted with the defendant since the year 1819. The child was baptized at St. Martin's Church, in the name of Georgiana Augusta. Major Sweeney said, that he had searched the Church Registry, and found no such baptism entered there. The overseer said it was duly entered in the book, and he him self had seen it. Major Sweeney (to Mrs. Mountain).—How long since has your husband, Mrs. Mountain, been in the habit of sleeping with you? Mrs. Mountain.—My husband has not slept with me for a long time. Major Sweeney.—Ho he not slept with you in Villiers-street, and aka at 43, in the Haymarket ? Mrs. Mountain. —No, he has not ; for he generally came home late at night, and I constantly Slept on a sofa at 43, in the Hay market. • Major Sweeney.--Nave you not declared repeatedly, in the presence of witnesses tr,v present, that Mr. Mountain was the father of this child ? _ . _ Mrs. Mountain (earnestly)—No; I swear I never said so. Major Sweeney.---I beg, Sir Richard Birnie, to note the answer to the question lam now about to put. Did you not acknow ledge, in the presence of a gentleman now present, that Mr. Mountain was the father of your child? Mrs. Mountain.-1 never stated that I had any children by Mr. Mountain. Major sweeney.—Where is Mr. Mountain at present? MEL Mountain.---T don't know. Mr. really do not see that those questions have any thing to do with the case. The lady hai distinctly sworn that you are the father of this child, and our duty as magistrates is simple anti straightforward. Major Sweeney.—But, with submission, your worship, if I can prove that she has sworn falsely-- Mr. IlAnns.—Unless you can prove an alibi, and that being beyond the seas or elsewhere, at the time when the alleged inter course took place, or unless you can prove that the lady is Un worthy of belief, having been convicted of perjury ou another occasion, your preseUt defenee, in opposition to her direct oath, cannot avail you, either here or eliewhere. Major Sweeney.--But if I eali prirrei— Sir Ricumso littome.—The t truth is this, Sir, if we were to go into the case at the length which you seem to desire, we shoUld be too long before we arrived at a conclusion. Major §weeney—But if I could prove that she has slept night after night with her husband. Sir RICHARD BtuNta,--You may appeal to the Sessions against our decision if you please, and bring your proofs there. Major Sweeney—She says,the. slept on <the sofa in the Hay market. I have been repeatedly in the room she refers to, and I know there was no sofa in it at the time •he means.' Mrs, Monntain-4ndeed there was. Sir 11. thin► is foreig►► to the point. - The truth is, the case is quite a chandler's shop concern--quite a tnatter of debtor and creditor. It appears that the child is distinctly sworn to ; and it also appears that it has already' been an expellee to the parish of Ma. You are therefore adjudged, Major Sweeney, to pay 6e. weekly to the parish for its support. Major Sweeney then retired, evidently mortifiedoleclaring that. ha would appeal against the Mag►strate's decision. Sir It.loar. acknowledged the receipt of hi., frietn.serne hu mane individual, inclosed in a letter, sigtuled Ignotus:' .to be plied to the necessities of the aged foreigner, Dyts, whose case we noticed last week. It was suggested by the charitable writer, that the money Might furnish him with a licence to sell hie little wares in. the streets. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Yesterday Thomas Bond, one of the toll-collectors at the Knightsbridge turnpike gate, ap peared before Mi. Rot and Mr.•CoratiT, the Magistrates, to answer the coMplaint of Mr. Hay itz Th e na ture nes', medical gentleman, resid ing in Upper Charlette-street, Vroy-square. ture of th; eomplifrit was this ::---that. Mr. Haynes pays 'art annual duty is the post-horee duty office for the korse to his carriage, where he receives. ticket , whiekfrees him fOr the year through the turn pike gates, to save the.delay of *topping to pay the toil every time ha goes through a gate, and perhaps at the time in a hurry to visit a patient in an extreme ease of life .nr . death, and to qualify hint to pass free it is only necessary te at he shoat show this ticket to the person at the gate 4 On the day on which the complaint was laid, Mr. Haynes happened' accidentally to have mislaid the ticket ' ; but as he was perfectly well-known at this gate to posses one, and ahnoSt In the daily habit of passing and showing it, lie, thought h of little consequence not having it about him on tide occasion; but the defendant refused' to let him pus the gate unless he Showed the ticket or paid the regular toll, which he was of course obliged to pay, and besides this extortion Mr. Haynes complained that the defendant was exceedingly inso lent, and refused to give his name. A solicitor who attended for the defendant, took an objection to Mr. Haynes being permitted to give any evidence in the case, as he was the complainant, and consequently an interested person, as being entitled under the Act of Parliament to half of the penalty. Mr. CoNAWT, the Magistrate, seemed inclined to think that although this objection would be good in the ease of a regular in formation having been laid by Mr. Haynes, yet as it was only a were verbal complaint, Mr. Ilaynee was. not disqualified as a witness. .The solicitor ,contended, that the complaint, although verbal, Would be followed an case of a conviction, with ,the same conse quences al a reular information,, and Mr.- tiaynes would he equally entitled to half the penalty, ay if he had laid one in the usual form. Mr. Rot and Ali: CONANT both ultimately concurred in the solicitor'n view o f t h e e ase , and Mr. Haynes's eifidenee WAN disal lowed, as b e i ng entitled to' half the penalty. Mr. Haynes then called his coachman, to support by Ilia evi " deuce the complaint, having been present on the occasion of the alleged impo*itioo, but he was not sullieitntly acquainted with .what had occurred. Mr. Haynes, who' evinced , tinteh irritation, and, indeed indig nation, that a principle of right and justice should be upset by a mere technicality, now proposed to forego all, claim to the half t)f the penalty, and then of course.he could not be, considered as in any way an interested witness, although under any circumstances he spurned the idea of being considered in any other way in terested thorn for the public gond, and his own protection againat ' Mr. CONAilt avid, That he thought this oiler ,to relinquish all share of the penalty ought tomaks ,Mr. Haynes a competent witness. Mr. llott seemed inclined to the ly so as Mr. Conant. same opinion, hut not so strong. The solicitor submitted that Mr. Haynes could not by any offer or act of his, take himaelf pot of he hail once made hi s complaint, and the defendant had pleaded, w "r".l` he west still ; the Act of Parliament. When 'i'biett to the objection against an interested witness in law, although perhap l i not in fact; in ahort, he could not now place himself i n any other situation than that of a corn plainant or informer, not mean i ng the latter term in any offensive sense. The Magistrates teemed still to lean to the opinion that Mr. H aynes Was competent; journ the case*to a futur e d ay , but they would consider it more, and ad- Mr. Haynes said, that it might he law, but it did not appear to him to be either justice or 'common sense, to say that a man was an interestod witneSs, because lie ye as t o w e ice a part of the penalty, and still that he was interested, because he was not to receive i t , inasmuch as he had gi ven up all claim to it; but to h ave d one w ith the matter, as there seemed to be so many obsta c l es i n t h e wa y O f bringing these tu rnp i ke people to just i c e , he wooid let it drop if the defendant would make an apology fur his imp ert i nence, and refund the amount of the imposition. •The Magistrate, as wall as kis own solicitor, advised the de foulant to accede to these terms. The latter, however, said that he was disposed-to refund the money, but he would certainly make no apology. Ai r , Haynes then said that he would call for the decislon of :the Magistrates as to his competency as a witness after relinquishing hit shave of thepenalty, and Thuriday next was appointed to de cide the matter. Mr. nor'eaid, that it was a very erroneous idea of Mr. Haynes, for even had he in this case, instead of being the coMpleinant himself, made his coachman, or, indeed, any body elg,e,. lay a regular information Against the defendant, then he, Mr. Haynes, would have been, beyond all doubt,-a competent witness. Mr. Haynes said, that the Insolence of the toll-takers at this gate at Knightsbridge was beyond all endurance. It was only the other day that an elderly lady residing in Sloane-street, was passing through that gate in a carriage, and in paying the toll, she acci dentally dropped a halfpenny in the mud, it being a very wet day, and the fellow who was receiving the toll actually refused to take up the halfpenny, but insisted that the lady herself should get out of her carriage to pick it up, or else give another, which latter course she was necessarily obliged to adopt. He, Mr. Haynes, was determined also to have a communication with Mr. Levi, the lessee of the trust, on the subject of the insolence of the men he employs. By common law, informers entitled to a part of the pe nalty, are not competent Witnesses ; but almost every penal statute has expressly made the informer or complainant a competent wit ness, as the only mode in nine cases out of ten of preventing justice from being defeated and even at common law the rule has some times been broken. It is, however, a great omission in tlie new turnpike act if it does not contain this qualification. UNION.HALL- 7 -On Tuesday evening, between seven and eight o'clock,'a man named Rayner attended before the Sitting Magistrate, R. J. CHAMBERS, Esq. for ‘ the purpose of meeting a charge of felony preferred against him by woman named Walker. He said that the above-named female accused him of havingetolen a 101.. note ; that she had him apprehended, and brought before Mr. Roe, of Marlborough-street Office, whO declined entering into the circumstances from some cause or another that he (Ray ner) could not explain. He was then sent to Bow-street, in cus tody, before Sir Richard Milie, who also made some scruples in hearing the case, directing that he should be brought over to this office. On his quitting the office •at ,Bow-street, however, he found that the watchman who had him all along in custody, sneaked off, leaving hint perfectly at liberty to go where he liked.. Rayner then proceeded •to state, that anxious to clear his cha racter from imputation, he had voluntarily come up to meet the alleged charge, and to prove his innocence. Mr. CHAS/HERS—Where is the woman Walker ?'if she does not appear, you may walk away. Rayner said, that he had been in attendance for some length of time, but did not think the female who accused him of having robbed her was in the office. The Magistrate directed that she should called. One of the officers then hollowed forth the name of Walker three times, in an audible voice. •No answer having been returned, Rayner was told that he might go about his business as soon as he pleased, no one appearing to make any charge against him. Rayner—My reputation is gone, Sir ; a heavy charge is laid at my door, and I have come here to disprove it. Walker accused me of stealinia'lol. note; the accusation has appeared in, the public paper*, and I humbly conceive that she should lie com pelled to attend to substantiate it. - Mr. CHAMHERS...—I cannot compel her to attend. You leave this office perfectly free of any imputation on your character. What trade are you? Hayner.—l am a shoemaker, Sir, and live in the parish of Lambeth. " Then I would advise you," said the Magistrate, " to go home and mend your shoes, and not bother your head • any more about the business." Rayner then left the office. An untbrtunate inaniac named Lydia Janes, supposed to have escaped front some lunatic estaldishinent, was placed at the bar. Her wild appearance evinced the dreadful malady with which 'she was afflicted. A watchman stated, that on the previous night the wretched woman made a most violent attack on several persons passing through High-street. She also approached a shop, and dashed her fists, which were cut in a dreadful manner, 'through several panes of glass. On his proceeding to secure her, for the 'purpose of preventing further mischief, which ; she seenied . bent On, her ef forts to escape were astonishing, no less than six .men having been engaged in the task before it was accomplished. • After having given an immensity of trouble, she was at length lodged in a place of security; and brought up to this office, Mr. CH.A.MBIRS, desirous of ascertaining who or where she • came from, approached, the place in which she was confined, and began to question her. At first she answered hint good naturedly, which induced the .Worthy Magistrate. to draw still closer the moment, however, he was within arm's length of her, she made a most violent blow, at his face' ; hitt fortunately be drew back, and received no farther injury'. then a Slight scratch,: one of her nails coming in p.tritaet with the side of his . nose. She then became Completely, outrageous, and during the paroxysm was placed in a coach, one of the officers being directed to see her taken into the parish workhouse until her late abode should be discovered. ENSUING OLD BAILEY SESSIONS. A summary statement, descriptive of the various offences with which the prisoners for trial at the approaching Ses sions severally stand Charged, viz.:—Murder 3; rape 1; biirglary 5 ; highway robbery 38; cutting and maiming 2.; house-breaking 18; beastiality 1; stealing in the dwelling house ; forgery 1; horse-stealing 4; returning 'from transportation 1 ; maliciously destroying. silk in the. loom 1; manslaughter 8; bigamy 2; embezzling la ; transpos ing the Goldsmiths' Hull mark 1 ; stealing from 'tlieTer son 89 ; aiding a felon 1; receiving stolen goods 11 ; sending a threatening letter with intent to extort money 1; trading iii slaves 1;. fraud 5; uttering counterfeit coin 1; b e i ng in possession of do. 1 ; attempting to commit felony 1; libel 1; larcenies 346. London prisoners 90;; Middlesex do. 483.—Total 582. In addition to the above number, there are 44 other prisoners confined under various sentences, making a total of 626 persons confined• in the gaol of Newgate. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, Fittnty, SEPT. 15. (At the Court of Commissioners.) , , , xi. . .. G. Allsupb, Holywell, ma lt ster at 10 J. Allston, Waltham Abbey, shop-keeper ... ll J. Baldwin, Chobham, butcher . ll G. and E. Burgess, Maidstone, millers ' 11. Duly, Dowgat e -hill, carpent e r 11 12 Fowler aria Linth orne , Li tt l e Tower -street, tea-dealera ll 11. Fuller,. Reigat e , s h op -k eeper ' 12 S. Gould,. Isleworth, calico-printer W. and H. Hart, Holborn-hill, linen-drapers W. Hasehirood, Stratford, stationer .. ....... ........... ... ; J. .1. Hood, Southampton-street, Coyent.garden, oilman Hurst and Co., Waterloo-place, booksellers G. Jelf, Crown-court, Broad-street, ,tnerehant ll W. J. King, 13attersea, turpentine-merFlant ll Levin and Josephs, Mansell-street, Goalnan's-fi mer chants elds, 11 C. and H. Marklove, Berkeley, clothiers - 11 Moses and; Levy, Great St. Helens, brokers J. Norman, Tokenhouse-yard, broker ll T. Richings, Thavies Inn, scrivener I I J. Scott, Gr e at E astc h eap, merchant C. Sears, :Cleveland -street, Fitzroy-square, ironmonger R. Stangra om , P erc i v al-street, Clerkenwell, plumber I H. Stroud, Chi c h es t er, wine-merchant... 12 C. Smith, Sible Hedinghain, st raw -pl a t-d ea ler J. Taylor, Strand, printer —. H. Thornto n , Russell-street, B e rmondsey, t anner 2. .1. 3. Vigeovena, Stratford, calend e r e r J. Wallin gton , N ew -road, Pancras, dealer Wright and M ore l, W oo d -street, Spital fi elds, 'machinist" • ••4 14. COUNTRY DIARY, FRIDAY, SErr. 15. B. Baldwin, Burley Woodhead, at the Sessions-house, Leeds, at 1 B. Burnell, Wakefield—Sessions -house, Leeds G. E. Dinidale, Atiddlehain, York—Bishop Blain Inn, Rich- mon d .. . „ .. ... ... ... . ................................. 10 M. G F d e e l er d . ....h ................................................................... 9 , Briatel • ... . ... . .......... 12 111. Mallet; Devemport--Royal hotel, I)evonport ........ .... . Hinde and Deane libelidale--Star, Alanebeater,„,.. . ...... 10 " 7- ---i°l " - lionee, Wok e - T . JC3 1. T.. 1 . fi p t i‘ist i .. e l l e ri l e a . : ai l i r P nr i ti ai: ii i i : , ll t , B l: c ' er Cl l : rhi : ist i ' ef . 7 . l: 4 :l ei L l i , :n . l: ::l cea l ' s lu rn ' t n ot„ . : lr E . ; :-- : : : (1 0 . el'Ovvioer::.re:ice.or:a:giiit::::en,rilic_.e6ialit:Tre.eoll,l:al.::;l::::::l:::::7l.o:::::l.,...t.le..,i'r.,.b.: ..................... .." ... ;: ..... 1 1 ! I I G. parker, 1-Iristel—Conuneroial Ro am , Bristol .... . ...... 0 1 10 A, Watson; Illackburn—White'a Note),.hfanel l e s t ee - , - 2 s:lii ,.7 lk in eel l ol l' on le , if7ertebyr-- Royal Birmingham . 1 1 j, Wynne, Stafford... Star, Stafford ip . ..”,, ~ ...... ~,,,,,,,*• 10 THE MARKETS. (Frt the London New Price Current of Tuesday.) Corr N.—The transactions in cotton for theweek end ing last light inclusive are very extensiVe ' viz bond, 300 Bow!ed, fid. 7d.; 20 Orleans aid.; 100 Para; 81d. ; 20 Bahia', old. ; 1,600 Surat, Rd. a 53d.; 6,200 Bengal, 41d. a sfd. ; and duty paid, 1,000 'Egyptian, 70. a Bd. The .Market yesterday and ,this forenoon has become quiet, . owing to the accounts from Liverpool, stating that Cotr tons were heavy at the closing of the. Market on 'Saturday. Sales at a late hour to-day, 250'bags Surats, 4.d.; - Egyp- tian, 7,1* SUGAIiS.—The advance in the price of Muscovades on Tuesday Checked the demand, yet at the end of the Week the average sales were 1,200 hhds. each day. The rise in the prices on Ttiesday was fully Maintained.' The delive ries of Sagar exceed the corresponding week of . last year. about 700 hhds., yet the quantity landed, so greatly ex ceeds laf4 year, that the stock now is about 13,000 Mids. more thin in 1825; we observe very large deliveries of sugar last year late in September and October, we may therefore ! cOnclude that aboutthat period . the stoekS will approximate ; the deliveries this year are very extensive, and therd is an increasing trade. At the 'close of the Market to-day we estimate the sales at about 1,000 casks,, including the public sale; there is not the slightest altera tion in the prices. The public sale this forenoon consisted of 138 casks St. Lucia sugars, and sold freely at full prices 545. 6d. a 675. The shippers nearly cleared the market of export goods last week at the advance we stated on Tues.- day last ; ' the wholesale grocers have been purchasing the parcels suitable for home consumption rather on a !lathed scale, and we think the general appearance of the make was rather heavy, but there were no parcels sold at any, reduction, The refined market is without the slightest . ' teration to-day. Molasses, 28s. a 28s. 6d. The pur chases of" Foreign Sugars last week by private contract, 270 chests of fine white Havannah at 455. COM:fr.-The public sales of coffee last week went, off freely at the full market prices, and in some instances, ' particularly in Jamaica and Demerara coffee, the currency. was a shade higher. St. Domingo 525.; fine ordinary Brazil 575.; fine ordinary Havannah 555. The public sale to-daY, 123 casks British plantation coffee, , and.: l2o bags St. Domingo went off heavily about Is., Per 'cwt. lower; St. Domingo of fair ordinary quality all sold at 515.; good to fine ordinary Jamaica 565. a 625.; fine fine ordi nary Doniinica 665.; there *as no finer description in the sale. Ric:E.l-There is no alteration in the prices of Rice; the deniand is not so extensive as last week. Ofts.-1-The advance in the prices of every description of Oil is very considerable. Greenland is nominally 321. a 33/.; bet there is so little offering in the Market that ne extensive parcels could be purchased even at these ad vanced quotations. Seed Oils are also materially Sperm ha's adVenced 2/. and few parcels offer; 05114)01' 464 a 484 higher. ASHES AND BARILL.4.-Ashes are again Is. a 2s. -QuebeC Pots '275.; Pearls 295. A very large parcel not traits of Barilla has changed ' hands ; the prices have pired. finer TEA.-The Congos finished yesterday: the qua lities are Id. per lb. higher than last sale; the low qua lities, which sold at a reduction of id. per Ih. early in the now about sale, have recovered the depression, and are the former prices. This morning commenced the Two- . kaya, whi f eh sold, common , 3s. 2id. a 3s. 30.; good add fine 3s. id. 3 a 3s. 1 lid.; the prices.are Id. per - lb. clearer improve than last Tacc . 0,-Th e i n quiries f irn‘t hatthey afte r will To b accoli the hO n lders are so made to them I scarcely any parcels could be purchase d under 344. The sales for the week ending. yesterday in- itot accept con ti n ue, the fr b oe ti r; cluiive„,are confined to small parcels to the trade: BUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.-The Rum Market has become heavy; one parcel of proofs and one over sold at 2g, 3d. for cash • but although there is an apparent heaviness, yet we think it would be difficult to purchase any extensive parcels under 2s. 4d. In Jamaica Rural', we believe, there are no transactions.-Brandies support the late advance, but the purchases are not on An exten sive scale.--The quantity of Geneva•ltt. market is so it , considerable, that the few holders are now asking 2s to. for the pale, with every prospect of the advance beies realized if no arrivals take place. hum PROVISIONS.-Beef and Pork are utiveried.-ns" con has fallen from 745. to 665„ and is very heavy at the reduction.-Butters continue heavy, and rather lower 0 11 . account of the rains. Irish 98S. HEMP, FLAX, AND TALLOW.-The TalloW Market cow tinues firm and improving. The deliveries last week. req, extensive-about 2,400 casks-yet something leas the the corresponding week of last year, owing to.. the al l supply ; the prices are. again higher, 378.-9(1. for pool heretd . for late deliveries 38s. have paid; but the ou nearest price is 375, 6d.-Hemp is 10s. per ton higher.' In Flax there is no material alteration. SPICES.-The request for Nutmegs and Cloves he! , again revived; the best Nutmegs sold yesterday at 4s. a 4s. 6t1.; the first quality Mace 6s. a 6s. 3d. en NAVAI. STones.-A cargo of Stockholm Tar has sold about 18s.; the Archangel cargo is not yet disP e l e o r of.--Turpentine is higher; rough sold about 1 35 . 13s. 6d.; Spirits 625.-lic Pitch or Rosin there is ' I material alteration to notice. ANTWERP, SEPT. 3. Our market, in consequence of th e grea t e r activitY 11 ' the corn trade, has generally improved, except-- nti COFFEE, which is rather dull, tho ug h prices are 11- nally supported. e SCOARS continue on the advanc e , an d the denial r mains very animated. or SPlCES.—Pepper in good demand; about 400 light Sumatra sold at 4 7-16th at. netting 4d. RICE has experienced a c ons id era bl e advan c ti. s , pd, tierces of Carolina sold from Hi to 14if, netting 4 1", o f INDIGO. —A very lively d eman d h as ra i s ed the Pri c "fi o this article t 14 chests of good red utul v iolet up 4a, ; middling violet and purple, sold at,"190. netting , 89 :d One and 6 chests of fine middling purple and violet, in t violet carac cas and so b b li r ie e , at 22f., netting t for re' CouN.--In consequence of the animated detnnnu ,n 9 e 5. tti 5 n d i ; 77. 1 7 . 7 1 lots °' good port, prices have advanced considerably; fine w 3d., wheat to 325. 9d., fine new rye 235. 9d. s barley 4 4 ' fk i good, old feed oats 20s. 9d., ne w pi g eon beans 2 d s ' horse beans 265. 3d., new 40 white g re en P e " s" BIRTHS. NSW' On the 11th inst., i n BelgmPve- lace, the wife of J PI4 ter, Esq., of Sy mon d s I nn, 11 ,of a daughter. o f the On the 9th i ns t., i n Charter House-square, the tat., - Rev. A. Irvine, of a daughter. f a son' On 9th inst., a t T oot i ng , M rs. F or d BareleY, On the 12th inst., at Marylebone Ch urch, MARRIED. nel Latour, Ca, and Knight of the Guelphic Order, t° o f Cameron ' Rakclay Innea, eldest daughter of John lanes; "q Cowie, N. 8.. p .m to On th e . in e hth t., at Launceston, Cornwidl, R. Der r Y'T - 14J. L „mliall nly.daughter of W. Smith,and Pe t °' *-- . F. Smith,. surgeon, of the sameibLuv. T ne r- On the 12th inst., by the Rev. J. Fitz Aloore Daliet , ' h i ts Bert Noyes, Esq. to 'Alary Elizabeth,. eldest daughter.of the Joseph Hals e y, imp, of Giuldesden Park, Herts. v. At Let' itcnsat-Cmvl; On the 11th insi., at Kensington Church, by the Ida, s-- of Peck, LAI., Rector of Houghton cum Wyton, in the couutY.L wi llnntingdon,- J. H. Ansley, Esq., to. Alias Catharine Ansley, third daughter of the late Horatio Martelli, Eel. ......----- --- DIED. On the 10th inst., at Warmley, Herts, Frances, the 1 ! ;fe 4.11 the Bth i, O. 111. Turner , Ecq., of Mount-row, Lambeth. ~, On the Bth Inst., a ft er a s h or t b u t severe illness, "w" go. ter On ' E " 1 " of Mi nst., at, HetHeinetehsm, Surrey, Hempsteadin his 84th year. •t of the late John White, Esq of De • lash' lace St. AttirY °e ' ~ 't o tre-p , age,' 72. At Wilt 1 I', Suffolk, Mr. James Dahill, surged ' Mrs. White, relic Printed gad Published by Si. YOUNG, AS i b oSi n4 r Nu, Saud.